Nigeria to Apply Uganda's Strategy to Combat HIV/AIDS

From CDC National Prevention Information Network

April 23, 2003

Plans are underway by Nigeria to tap the experience of
Uganda in its fight against HIV/AIDS, Babatunde Osotimehin, chair
of the National Action Committee on AIDS, said on Monday.
Osotimehin said that NACA had started discussions with Ugandan
officials, and he plans to visit in May to continue
negotiations. Osotimehin said he discovered that Uganda's success
so far hinged on political will and commitment from the highest
level of government to fight the scourge. The war on HIV/AIDS can
only be won when the "president, vice president, state governors,
ministers and other top governmental functionaries were involved
and committed to the battle," he said. Osotimehin added that
Uganda was able to record a high level of success in its campaign
because the country adopted a multi-sectoral approach, with
education as its base. According to the Nigerian government, the
HIV/AIDS rate of the most populous African country stands at 5.7
percent.

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